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Groundnut stew with greens

Name: Groundnut stew with greens
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: ghanaian
Ingredients: 400g Turkey breast, diced; 4 tbsp Unsweetened peanut butter; 400g tin Chopped tomatoes; 1 tbsp Tomato purée; 1 Onion; thumb-sized piece Fresh ginger; 3 cloves Garlic; 200g Spring greens or kale; 600ml Chicken stock (low salt); 1/2 tsp Chilli flakes

Rich peanut and tomato stew with lean turkey and plenty of greens — West African comfort, steady and warm.

Groundnut soup is Ghanaian comfort at its deepest — peanut, tomato and slow-simmered meat. Unsweetened peanut butter and lean turkey keep the richness honest, and a double handful of greens makes the pot even more generous than tradition demands.

Ingredients

Turkey breast, diced400g
Unsweetened peanut butter4 tbsp
Chopped tomatoes400g tin
Tomato purée1 tbsp
Onion1
Fresh gingerthumb-sized piece
Garlic3 cloves
Spring greens or kale200g
Chicken stock (low salt)600ml
Chilli flakes1/2 tsp

Method

1Soften the onion, garlic and ginger in a splash of stock in a large pot.
2Add the tomato purée and chilli, then the tomatoes; simmer 5 minutes.
3Whisk the peanut butter with a ladle of hot stock until smooth, and stir it in with the rest of the stock.
4Add the turkey and simmer gently, uncovered, for 25 minutes, stirring now and then as the stew deepens and thickens.
5Stir in the shredded greens for the last 5 minutes. Serve with rice balls, brown rice, or boiled yam.

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